Carnival is one of the most popular celebrations in South America’s biggest country, Brazil. And nowhere is the six-day celebration bigger than in the city of Rio de Janeiro. People across the city fill the streets with singing and dancing in the days before the Catholic religious observance of Lent. The festival includes parades and contests between the city’s top samba schools, known as the Special Group. But the Rio Times newspaper reports that the mayor may reduce the amount of money given to the city’s top samba schools by one half for the 2018 festival. Rio mayor Marcelo Crivella says the money would be used for the city’s childcare centers. City officials say the samba schools of the Special Group received about $8 million for the Carnival parades in 2017. Now, officials want to reduce that amount to about $4 million for 2018. Crivella said that people living in the city must decide whether they would rather use their resources for, in his words, a three-day party or 365 days a year.
Title: Rio Mayor Plans to Reduce Samba School Funding
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/samba_school.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Rio Mayor Plans to Reduce Samba School Funding' data-article-id='2485'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8125'>Carnival is one of the most popular celebrations in South America’s biggest country, Brazil.</span> <span data-start-time='8125' data-end-time='15458'>And nowhere is the six-day celebration bigger than in the city of Rio de Janeiro.</span> <span data-start-time='15458' data-end-time='26083'>People across the city fill the streets with singing and dancing in the days before the Catholic religious observance of Lent.</span> <span data-start-time='26083' data-end-time='36438'>The festival includes parades and contests between the city’s top samba schools, known as the Special Group.</span> <span data-start-time='36438' data-end-time='50250'>But the Rio Times newspaper reports that the mayor may reduce the amount of money given to the city’s top samba schools by one half for the 2018 festival.</span> <span data-start-time='50250' data-end-time='58396'>Rio mayor Marcelo Crivella says the money would be used for the city’s childcare centers.</span> <span data-start-time='58396' data-end-time='69167'>City officials say the samba schools of the Special Group received about $8 million for the Carnival parades in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='69167' data-end-time='76896'>Now, officials want to reduce that amount to about $4 million for 2018.</span> <span data-start-time='76896' data-end-time='91479'>Crivella said that people living in the city must decide whether they would rather use their resources for, in his words, a three-day party or 365 days a year.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/samba_school.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8959 data-hint-location='15458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/people_fill_the_streets_with__blank_.m4a'>People fill the streets with <span class='blank'>singing and dancing</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='singing and dancing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/singing_and_dancing.m4a'><span>singing and dancing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/special_groups.m4a'><span>special groups</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/parades_and_contests.m4a'><span>parades and contests</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/religious_observances.m4a'><span>religious observances</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8960 data-hint-location='50250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/what_would_the_money_be_used_for.m4a'>What would the money be used for?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='child care'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/a_three_day_party.m4a'><span>a three day party</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/carnival_parades.m4a'><span>carnival parades</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/child_care.m4a'><span>child care</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/celebrations.m4a'><span>celebrations</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8961 data-hint-location='26083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/what_does_samba_mean.m4a'>What does samba mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a dance'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/a_competition.m4a'><span>a competition</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/a_dance.m4a'><span>a dance</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/a_long_festival.m4a'><span>a long festival</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1967/a_parade.m4a'><span>a parade</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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